In eastern Ghazni province, a suicide car bomb was detonated outside a base in eastern Ghazni province that hosts U.S. and Polish troops. The blast was followed by a gun battle in which several Polish soldiers were reportedly wounded.

The exact number of causalities from the fighting, including combatants and civilians, was not immediately clear.

Separately, a rocket was fired at a parking lot in Afghanistan's western Farah province used by trucks carrying fuel for the coalition. The rocket hit a vehicle, which ignited. The ensuing fire killed six Afghan drivers, injured 10 others and destroyed 40 trucks.